Elf Portrait art thread: Archer by Ranger M

Post by **Thrawn** » March 22nd, 2006, 12:32 pm

okay, so I've done some work on both...but not satisfied with the face on the shaman still. Began coloring/shading the other one.

EDIT:SEE BELOW

Post by **zookeeper** » March 22nd, 2006, 1:01 pm

I better mention this here: I got someone to draw some elvish portraits for the game. They're pencil drawings, so I'll have to ink and colour them which takes a while, since I haven't really done that before. I think I'll post the coloured but unshaded versions either here or in another thread in the near future, if I find I can't do the shading myself properly. Currently archer and scout portraits are almost ready (basic colouring and inking, not the whole thing), and after they're properly finished we'll probably get a fighter line portrait too.

Here's an early preview of them:

Post by **Thrawn** » March 22nd, 2006, 10:22 pm

zookeeper wrote:I better mention this here: I got someone to draw some elvish portraits for the game. They're pencil drawings, so I'll have to ink and colour them which takes a while, since I haven't really done that before. I think I'll post the coloured but unshaded versions either here or in another thread in the near future, if I find I can't do the shading myself properly. Currently archer and scout portraits are almost ready (basic colouring and inking, not the whole thing), and after they're properly finished we'll probably get a fighter line portrait too.

I don't mind them being posted here, but it's likely to even more confuse things, but I don't mind.
*The rider, IMO needs a great deal of work, but the other is okay-- thoughit has some problems.
*If you want, I could try the shading...

Anyways, I'll trying fixing the remaining A-A problems of the shaman, and tryed editting the face slightly.

Fynmiir · Post by **Fynmiir** » March 22nd, 2006, 10:24 pm

I just noticed and wondered why did you change the elf from being happy to puzzled?

(i.e the expression changed) Just curious because I liked the expression better on the first shaman, but otherwise this one is better.

Post by **Thrawn** » March 22nd, 2006, 10:29 pm

Fynmiir wrote:I just noticed and wondered why did you change the elf from being happy to puzzled? (i.e the expression changed) Just curious because I liked the expression better on the first shaman, but other wise this one is better.

I was trying to redo lips, make more feminine, but didn't look good, and I forgot to change it back...

What do people think of the fighter/hero guy?

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » March 22nd, 2006, 10:41 pm

Thrawn wrote:What do people think of the fighter/hero guy?

He's flat. I can't visualize what he looks like in 3d.

Post by **Thrawn** » March 22nd, 2006, 10:47 pm

I'm getting there. I meant on appearence, if I had anything majory wrong.
I'll delete old one, so:

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » March 22nd, 2006, 11:00 pm

Ugh. The flatness is rampant.

His chest is still flat - facing us directly, while the rest of him is at an angle, looking to our right. His belt is curved, but not enough - you have around 45 degrees of curvature, whereas with the visible portion, it should wrap around by around 150 degrees. Currently it's sort of like this:

And what is that pointless strap? The whole thing somehow doesn't look like a Wesnothian elf.

Post by **Thrawn** » March 22nd, 2006, 11:07 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:Ugh. The flatness is rampant.

His chest is still flat - facing us directly, while the rest of him is at an angle, looking to our right. His belt is curved, but not enough - you have around 45 degrees of curvature, whereas with the visible portion, it should wrap around by around 150 degrees. Currently it's sort of like this:

And what is that pointless strap? The whole thing somehow doesn't look like a Wesnothian elf.

Isee it more like

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » March 22nd, 2006, 11:30 pm

Ah, that explains it - you got it wrong because the body is not square. At the edge of the belt, in all cases, the viewer's line of sight will be tangent to the belt. In other words the belt will, at the point furthest to the right at which it can be seen, curve to an orientation pointing directly away from the viewer.

Post by **Thrawn** » March 23rd, 2006, 1:31 am

shaman with old smile, new chin

Fynmiir · Post by **Fynmiir** » March 23rd, 2006, 1:38 am

Much more feminine! It's quite an improvement

, I think it's the chin!

Post by **Leonhard** » March 23rd, 2006, 1:49 am

Hi Thrawn!

I was planning to speak for one hour long of my vision of a feminine chin (which is personnal, so you may not share it), and decided that a 30 seconds hack of your drawing would talk better, so here it is :

In a word : a changed th jawline (obviously

) and tweaked the upper lip a bit, in order to have it curled, and draw a small outline under the lower lip.

EDIT : as it appears, I may have made the chin a bit short. Note also that I removed a piece of skin under the hood at the right of her neck, in order that it does not look to thick. Apart from that, as I forgot to said in the first part, I like this portrait very much! The eyes, the expression, they're real good (IMHO of course

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romnajin · Post by **romnajin** » March 23rd, 2006, 2:07 am

Yay! She's a girl now! And it was even me that said that hippy nature girl thing in that other thread....

Website · Post by **Sapient** » March 23rd, 2006, 2:14 am

Thrawn wrote: What do people think of the fighter/hero guy?

You mean other than the uncanny resemblance to a certain hero of Hyrule?

Actually, he looks great so far. I like the expression. I like the belts, they serve as a good light armoring. But, I think you should lose the tattered green shirt and show some more skin. He wants to show off those pale elf muscles!